What Does Jeremiah 32:26 Mean in the King James?

Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,

Jeremiah 32:26 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The Hebrew word for “word” also means “matter” or “thing,” so the LORD’s speech arrives already joined to the reality it addresses.

THE MEANING

The LORD’s word comes near and speaks to you now. This verse holds you at the threshold of that speech: the message is an address, not distant information.

THE ROOT

דָּבָר

dāḇār

GROWS FROM

ד־ב־ר

d-b-r

To speak; the noun ⁨דָּבָר⁩ also means a matter, affair, or thing.

Hebrew holds “word” and “matter” within the same word. Here, what the LORD says is joined to the reality the speech addresses.

ALSO GROWS

dibbēr: spoke

דִּבֵּר

A verb from the same root: the word or matter is speech spoken.

dāḇār: matter, affair, thing

דָּבָר

The same noun can name what is said and the matter itself, bringing speech and reality together.

THE PATTERN

The LORD’s word arrives as an address that enters and acts in the reality it names.

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

Genesis 15:1 · KJVThe same formula presents the LORD’s word as a direct address that meets the hearer.

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Isaiah 55:11 · KJVThe word goes forth and accomplishes its purpose in the matter to which it is sent.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Hebrews 4:12 · KJVThe word is living and active, reaching into the reader’s inner reality.

THE THREAD

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

Genesis 15:1 · KJV

This verse uses the same Hebrew formula: the ⁨דָּבָר⁩ (dāḇār), the word and matter of the LORD, “came ... saying.” In both, speech arrives as an encounter that opens what follows.

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